Tasting

appellations whites wines

Saint-Véran

Tasting notes
Fine green-gold colour
Nose: white flowers (mayflower).
Mouth: a supple and elegant wine with attractive aromatic freshness.
Best drunk on the fruit at 2-3 years.
Terroir
Quaternary clay-limestone soil (Bathonian)
Exposure: southerly
Altitude: 220 m
Slope: 5%
Site favours very early growth
Culture
Grape variety: Chardonnay
Planting density: 8,000 plants per hectare
Average yield: 50 hl/ha
Picking by hand
Soil working, no herbicide
Vinification
Direct pressing, gentle settling, alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in oak barrels (new - 4 years old).
10 moths' elevage in barrel, racking, light filtration, bottling.
No fining.

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